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The Social World of the Babylonian Priest: 103 (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East)

By Bastian Still

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2019
ISBN
2019007934, 9789004399952, 9789004399969, 900439995X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3159586 bytes)
Edition
Annotated
Pages
320\328
Time added
2021-12-14 10:20:31

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In The Social World of the Babylonian Priest, Bastian Still offers an intimate account of the lives of Babylonian priests during the mid-first millennium BCE by reconstructing their social networks and exploring their daily interactions from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Social World of the Babylonian Priest Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Figures and Tables Abbreviations Introduction 1 State of the Art 2 Research Questions 3 Methodology 4 Case Study: the Priestly Community of Borsippa 5 The Babylonian Priest 6 The Temple Hierarchy 7 Main Protagonists of this Study 7.1 Temple-Enterers 7.2 Brewers 7.3 Bakers 7.4 Oxherds 7.5 Reed-Workers 8 Book Structure Part 1: Social Interactions among Priests in Borsippa 1 The Hypergamous Marriage System 1 Marriage in Borsippa: Sacerdotal Endogamy 2 The Concept of Wife-Giver and Wife-Taker 3 Visualising the Marriage Network 4 Wife-Givers and Wife-Takers in Borsippa 5 Hypergamy in Historical Context 6 Wife-Givers and Wife-Takers in the Cult Conclusion 2 Landholding 1 Hanšû Estates and the Ancestral Family 1.1 The Nature of Hanšû Land 1.2 The Historical Origins of Hanšû Land in Borsippa 1.3 The Motivations behind the Land Allotment Schemes 1.4 The Identity of the Beneficiaries 1.5 The Value of Hansû Land in the Sixth Century BCE 2 Land Sales and the Circulation of Property 2.1 Marriage Alliances 2.2 Professional Solidarity 3 Tenancy and Agricultural Collaboration 3.1 Unfree Tenants 3.2 Tenants without Family Names 3.3 Tenants with Family Names Conclusion 3 Silver Lending 1 Temple-Enterers 2 Brewers 3 Bakers 4 Oxherds 5 Reed-Workers Conclusion 4 Circles of Trust and Intimacy 1 Formal Quantification of Personal Networks 2 Qualitative Analysis of Tie Strength and Friendship 2.1 Ea-ilutu-bani 2.2 Ilia (A) 2.3 Bēliya’u 2.4 Rē’i-alpi 2.5 Atkuppu Conclusion Part 2: Priests in Neo-Babylonian Society 5 Homophily and Interaction 1 Spatial Distribution 2 Homophily 3 Understanding Rentiers and Entrepreneurs Conclusion 6 Social Boundary and Collective Identity 1 Affiliation to the Temple 1.1 Prebend Ownership 1.2 Purity and Initiation 1.3 Sacrifices and Festivals 1.4 Representation 1.5 Priestly Families vs. the Individual Priest 2 Ownership of Property 2.1 Residential Property 2.2 Landed Property 3 Literacy and Scribal Education 4 Language Conclusion Conclusion 1 Summaries of Individual Chapters Chapter 1: The Hypergamous Marriage System Chapter 2: Landholding Chapter 3: Silver Lending Chapter 4: Circles of Trust and Intimacy Chapter 5: Homophily and Interaction Chapter 6: Social Boundary and Collective Identity 2 Research Questions Revisited 3 Outcomes 3.1 The Impact of Temple-Based Regulations 3.2 Priests as a Distinct Social Group 4 Outlook Appendix 1 Quantitative Analysis of Priestly Marriages in Borsippa Appendix 2 Annotated List of Hanšû Land in Borsippa Appendix 3: Property Sales in the Borsippa Corpus Bibliography Index of Sources Index of Names Index of Akkadian Terms

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